Lonnie Holley at Melbourne Recital Centre tickets
About Lonnie Holley
Lonnie Holley is a man of many myths and talents – an artist who defies categorisation. Known throughout the art world for his sculptures, paintings and installations, 68-year-old Holley gained a new audience when the self-taught musician started releasing and performing his music only in his 60s. Entirely improvised and impossible to categorise, his free-flowing compositions include stream-of-consciousness lyrics delivered in his deeply expressive, world-worn bellow.
Lonnie quilts together a lifetime of turbulence and suffering marked by constant struggle, from abject poverty to jail time, to barely surviving a serious car accident. Across his songs is an impressionistic poetry all his own, he lays bare his intensely personal inner world, touching on issues such as Black Lives Matter and contemporary American politics. Holley is an inspired improviser and a storyteller of the highest order.
Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne International Jazz Festival in arrangement with Mistletone
Run time
2hr 30min (Inc. Interval)
Categories
Start date
1st June, 2019
End date
1st June, 2019
Venue
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall | Melbourne Recital Centre
Accessibility
Lift access is available to all foyer levels of the building and all backstage areas (except the Orchestra Pit). Escalator access is also available between Ground Level and foyer Level 1. The hearing loop is available in stalls only.
Directions
GETTING TO THE VENUE
BY TRAM:
Arts Precinct, Sturt St, Stop 17 is on the Route 1 service and is conveniently located at the Centre’s doorstep. This is a platform tram stop providing level access to low floor trams, passenger shelter and protection from traffic. Alternatively you can alight at Stop 16, in front of the National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne Recital Centre is a short walk down Southbank Boulevard (approximately 200 metres). This stop is serviced by routes 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67, 72.
BY TRAIN:
The nearest station is Flinders Street, located approximately 10 minutes walk from the Centre.
BY BUS:
The route 605 bus operates along Southbank Boulevard. Disembark at Victorian College of the Arts/Southbank Boulevard. Services towards City (Queen St) stop directly outside of Melbourne Recital Centre.
BY CAR:
Limited on-street parking is available around Southbank or you can choose from a variety of conveniently located car parks when attending events at the Centre.
Tickets
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